#You know what that is? Growth

[transjudas]

So, I reckon what makes Ed happy is... you.

#ofmd #ofmdedit #our flag means death #ed teach #stede bonnet #edward teach #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #ed x stede #ofmdaily #ofmdsource #userkristi #usereena #ofmd spoilers #you know what that is? growth #also the way ed pulls him in both times #GOD

[doona-baes]

But you know where to go. So we're gonna be okay. Yeah.

#the last of us #tlouedit #thelastofusedit #joel miller #ellie williams #pedro pascal #bella ramsey #you know what that is? growth #the coloring inconsistencies here i want to cry about it #mygif #m: tlou #1k

[feelingtheaster99]

The absolute sheer sweetness of Aelwyn adopting TEN cats from a rescue shelter because they had all been there the longest 🥹

#I have a lot of love to give… exclusively to cats #ICONIC #aelwyn abernant #iconic Aelwyn #Aelwyn being iconic #cats #dimension 20 #d20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fhjy ep 11 #fhjy spoilers #you know what that is? growth #I love to see her grow #and to see her and Adaine have like a healthy and positive relationship as they both heal from their parents #adaine abernant #brennan lee mulligan #a very merry moonar yulenear #a very merry moonar yulenear spoilers #live reaction

[goldenpinof]

Clothes. Sharing. I am unwell

the fact that they let us see this with 0 comments, like it's the most obvious thing ever. yeah, this hurts so good 😭

#like OBVIOUSLY we share clothes all the time #you know what that is? growth #answered #dan and phil #dnpcrafts

[shinobicyrus]

Watching WTNV make a sudden resurgence on Tumblr has been wild and delightful but what’s really been striking me about the passage of time has been seeing the recent fanart.

Because unlike back in the day when the majority of Cecil fanart depicted him via...a narrow consensus, most of what I’m seeing of Cecil now barely even represents him as a person, anymore.

He’s the Night Vale 👁, now.

And if he is humanoid? Then his face is...hidden. Blurred or otherwise made indistinct. In the time that he’s been gone, Cecil is no longer a mere Tumblr Sexyman.

He is a Sexy Eldritch Horror, now.

#you know what that is? growth #Cecil Palmer #the original #Tumblr Sexyman #Welcome to Night Vale #God I remember going to the book tour for the first WTNV book #it was in Milwaukee at the same time as the 2015 Republican Debates #listened to Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor get interviewed by Patrick Rothfuss #while Trump was in a big convention center across the street #back when the idea of Trump being president was still hilariously implausible #God that feels forever ago #someone asked about the Glow Cloud and gender #and I forgot both the question and the answer #which is...fitting at least

[kosite]

i think the most wonderful thing is seeing callum go from living in italy, working for arguably the most prestigious racing team in the world to fly fishing in indiana with a kid who’s government name is sting ray

#you know what that is? growth #callum illot #indycar

[spicyvampire]

KINNPORSCHE (2022)

#kinnporsche #kinnporscheedit #asianlgbtqdramas #kinnporschesource #kpedit #kinnporsche the series #vegaspete #tansgifs #gifs:kp #something something real love is being prepared to let go #you know what that is? growth

[rihansu00]

The thing about Sunflowers (and there are many things because it was fantastic) that I just kept coming back to was how happy Jamie was.  Like they had just lost a friendly 5-0 and he’s bouncing all over Amsterdam with an angry geezer (I love you Roy Kent) loving his life.

#you know what that is? growth #ted lasso spoilers #ted lasso season 3 #ted lasso #jamie tartt #roy kent

[barbie0303]

Diana with Robin!Dick vs Diana with Dickbats

World’s Finest (2021) #15 & Nemesis: The Impostors #3

#You know what that is? Growth #In experience lol #Aww Dick invented his own tricks so he could also walk casually through the rays #yes Ik Nemesis came out a decade before World’s Finest but idc #its cute #dick grayson #batman #dickbats #diana prince #wonder woman

[thewilddreamerrr]

Annabeth ep5: Seaweed (derogatory) 😠

Annabeth ep8: Seaweed (affectionate) 😊

#you know what that is? growth #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo tv show

[peridotite]

then vs. now

#you know what that is? Growth #dbz #piccolo #gohan #pan #my posts

[inamindfarfaraway]

Isabela Madrigal, Heights and Vine Symbolism

Before “What Else Can I Do?”, Isabela is repeatedly positioned higher than Mirabel. She appears on the landing when they’re preparing the birthday party in a dramatic entrance and later rolls her eyes at Mirabel’s claims of the cracks from up there too, while Mirabel is on the ground floor both times. During the argument she drags Mirabel flat on the floor and stands tall over her. Heck, her bed is even on a raised platform with stairs leading up to it.

This shows the imbalances between them of others and especially Alma’s regard, their privilege and implicitly inherent worth. Everyone looks up to Isabela… and she looks down her nose at Mirabel. We sympathize more with Mirabel in these scenes, her feeling to herself and us not just a helpless victim of her sister’s pride, but more reasonable and, well, down-to-earth.

Flowering vine swings in particular symbolize this idea. Her bed, as seen there, is attached to vines strong enough to lift and swing it. Based on how she lowers it when Mirabel first enters her room, I infer that she pulls it up into the enclosing curtains (said by the creative team to represent how she feels trapped) to retreat even further from the world when she’s upset, hiding her messy, ‘bad’ negative emotions out of anyone’s sight and earshot. Besides the bed being a big swing, she’s suspended from vines in the “Did somebody say flowers?” moment; in “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” complete with a spotlight, her vision seemingly the only desirable one foretelling her happiness and prosperity; and in promotional art designed to effectively present her pre-story character, suggesting it’s in-universe something she does often and is known for. Her trademark as “Señorita Perfecta Isabela”.

This demonstrates her skill, strength and precision with her gift, and does a lot to serve her perfect image - and Mirabel’s perception that she’s spoiled and has had everything handed to her. It’s an efficient method of transportation that no ordinary person could use. A glamorous, elevated vehicle reserved for a specific individual and allowing them to sit connotes privilege and superiority, like litters. Her being seated, the vines descending from somewhere unseen rather than us watching her grow them from scratch, their smooth, fluid movement and her not visibly exerting herself in the slightest make her command look totally effortless. It’s easy to forget that she’s controlling the vines at all instead of getting (more) cosmic help. And look at her gorgeous hair and dress as they swish and flow with the elegant motion! Look at the flowers she didn’t need to add, but did, because all that she touches is beautiful to behold! Lovely Isabela, an angel deigning to visit Earth from the heavens. Perfect Isabela, too good to take the stairs like a normal person. What a vain fucking showoff.

In the early part of “WECID” when Mirabel isn’t actively listening to her, she uses vines again. Yet it feels different. She sits on another swing to travel to the location of the verse where she explicitly describes the monotony, oppressiveness and exhaustion of always growing the same perfect flowers and always keeping up a shallow facade. “I grow rows and rows of roses/Fleur de mayo, by the mile/I make perfect, practiced poses”. Oh. It does take effort. It takes energy and time and thought, enough to leave her drained of enthusiasm for life itself. She’s been silently giving her whole self away all these years. Furthering the revelation that using her gift, at least in this way, is actually taxing, she then manipulates the vines to swing her bed not ‘effortlessly’ through her magic but with her arms and weight like a normal person. The movement is a defiant, forceful pull, as if straining against restraints or seizing her personal autonomy. The only time we’ve seen force anything like that from her before is…

emphatically ripping a flower off her own vine while ranting about how the arranged proposal she was going to accept, her ultimate sacrifice in the name of her family, has been ruined.

Now we realize: to Mirabel, the vines’ symbolism is that Isabela is better than her. To Isabela, they’re puppet strings. She doesn’t look in control of them because she isn’t in control of her life, merely a pretty doll Alma moves around, pressured to be passively pulled wherever the supposed needs of “the family” demand. A precarious position that she must constantly work to keep her balance in, lest she irrevocably, unforgivably fall from grace. She literally uses vines as a barrier between her and Mirabel. To try to remove the ‘imperfection’ of Mirabel from her room. They are tools of restriction, division and imposing your will on someone else.

But during “What Else Can I Do?” she thinks of ascension and heights positively. She wants to “climb”, to “rise” right “through the roof, to the skies”, and reflects this by rising on a growing palm tree and going up to the roof, jumping and riding plants higher than she’s ever been before. What changes?

Instead of hanging, she’s standing on her own two feet. On the foundations of her family home and plants she constructs for herself. When she does swing from vines, like when leaping off the roof and later racing to save the candle, she grips them unsupported Tarzan-style, which feels much more active and independent. She even rides on thicker, sturdier moving vines! She initially leaves Mirabel behind to climb after her, Isabela caught up in the rush of discovering and experimenting with freedom of expression and Mirabel still seeing her as a means to the end of protecting the miracle and family (hey, like Alma does… it’s as if they’re foils or something!). But by the bridge they’re both on top of the palm tree.

They’re both on top of the palm tree because Isabela helps Mirabel up. She wants to share her real self with her, for her to be part of this. This is the first moment when she directly addresses Mirabel and asks for her opinion: doesn’t she want freedom and authenticity too? Mirabel is inspired to really listen to her sister, reevaluate her assumptions about her and process the new side of her she’s seeing. Her conclusion - “All I know are the blossoms you grow/But it’s awesome to see how you rise” - is that she likes, loves, even admires the true Isabela and wants to understand and see more of her, no doubt wishing that they’d had this conversation sooner. She chooses to embrace and support her. Isabela sinks to her knees and Mirabel in response sits down next to her, so even their standing height difference is eliminated.

They finally see eye to eye. They rise together.

After that, they stay on the same level throughout the rest of the movie.

The toxic imbalances of power, autonomy and perceived value are gone. They’re equals and respect each other accordingly. At the end of the song, Isabela lets herself fall into a cushioning pile of her new, vibrant flowers, safe in the knowledge that she can catch herself.

#you know what that is? growth #literally #of a lot of plants #I’m sorry i couldn’t resist #isabela madrigal #i love her #if i cannot find in-depth analysis of her i will create it #curse tumblr’s ten-image limit #i wanted to add images for all the scenes #maybe this would have worked better as a video essay #mirabel madrigal #encanto #disney encanto #madrigal family #familia madrigal

[cv-angels]

izzy hands jamie tartt

🤝

having a multi-season arc where they go from one of the most hateable characters to one of the most beloved

#i did not care for izzy in s1 but now i would die for him #and Jamie wound up being my favorite character by the end of s3 #you know what that is? growth #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #ted lasso #izzy hands #jamie tartt

[mysweetobsessions]

Mother Superion Episode 2

Mother Superion Episode 8

“I'm Not a Woman, I'm a God” plays

#you know what that is? growth #cue the song #warrior nun #warrior nun season 2 #warrior nun s2 #mother superion #sylvia de fanti

[zxal]

Extremely rare moment of ryoken emotional honesty from the tag duel tournament

#why did he say this.... #vrains #duel links #i haven't seen all of the vrains events from tag links so i don't have a solid grasp on their relationship in this context. but good god #this is something i would NEVER have expected to hear him admit out loud. unless i'm reading it wrong - #- and by 'battle together' he means battle against eachother? but i don't think he does #likeeeeeee he's admitting that he thinks he and yusaku are meant to stand alongside each other. christ. #HE DOESNT EVEN BITCH ABOUT AI BEING THERE OR SAY ANYTHING VAGUELY THREATENING HE'S JUST LIKE I'M HERE FOR PLAYMAKER NOT YOU. #you know what that is? growth

[superliz6]

🌹

Everytime she allowed herself a moment of vulnerability instead of a deflection was a conscious effort and she recognized it now- leaning in quickly to kiss his cheek, “I love you too.”  

#lin beifong #you know what that is? growth